frangipanni
- noun
- /ˌfræn.dʒɪˈpæ.ni/
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frangipani
- The garden was filled with beautiful frangipanni blooms.
Examples
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She admired the delicate frangipanni blossoms, admiring their sweet scent in the warm air.
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The frangipanni tree in my garden blooms with beautiful, fragrant flowers every spring.
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She wore a garland of frangipanni around her neck at the tropical wedding.
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The frangipanni in the garden filled the air with its sweet scent every evening.
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The milky sap of the frangipanni can irritate the skin if handled without gloves.
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Look at that stunning frangipanni in full bloom!
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During our trip to the tropical island, we saw many frangipanni trees with vibrant, colorful flowers.
Synonyms
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A small tropical tree with sweet-smelling, colorful, funnel-shaped flowers
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A small tropical tree with fragrant white or pink flowers
A group of tropical trees and bushes with sweet-smelling white or pink flowers
A tall tropical tree with large, sweet-smelling white and yellow flowers
A small tree with sweet-smelling white flowers often grown near temples in India
How Fragrant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Frangipanni probably comes from an old Italian family name Frangipani, and one popular story says that family made a sweet-smelling glove perfume called frangipane ('perfume'). A helpful way to remember it is to think of the word like 'fragrance' or 'fragrant' and the flower's strong, sweet 'scent', which is why the name fits this tropical, fragrant plant.